Mike Rinta Discography (Partial)
1984 Don Ellis Sings; Junius Courtney Big Band
1995 Snakes & Stripes Forever; Harvey Mandell
1995 Liquid; Liquid
1996 Adelante; Avance (BAMMIE Award Winner)
1998 Mr. Boogie’s Bach In Town; Mitch Woods and his Rocket 88’s
1998 West Coast Latin Groove; Avance
1998 Dissent; Dissent
1998 Steal This Album; The Coup
1999 Shake That Mess; The Dynatones
2001 Live In Time & Space; Brass Monkey Brass Band
2001 Detours Into Unconscious Rhythms; Calvin Keys
2001 Trench Heroes; Contemporary Jazz Orchestra
2001 Various; West Coast Mardi Gras Party
2002 Sevin Grain; Variable Unit
2002 Cross Contagulation; UFM
2002 Time Expander Animal Liberation Orchestra
2002 Monday In The City; Contemporary Jazz Orchestra
2003 Rediscovered; Howard Tate
2003 Seguimos; Avance
2004 The Highest Good; Brass Monkey Brass Band
2004 Swap Meet Seers; Dissent
2004 Mayhem Mystics; Variable Unit
2005 The Highest Good; Brass Monkey Brass Band
2005 Instruments Of Mass Pleasure; Contemporary Jazz Orchestra
2006 Live; Howard Tate
2006 Vertical Clearance; Calvin Keys
2006 Salsa Blanco; Gregory Howe Y Compadres
2006 JRK: Jessica Cooke
2006 Ain’t Easy No More; Mark Hummel
2007 In Between Stories; United Brassworkers Front
2007 Late Night Radio; Scott Woods
2007 Jazz Baby; Doug Beavers Rovira Jazz Orchestra
2007 Sketchy; Wil Blades
2007 Soul Blues; Austin De Lone
2008 John Lee Hooker Jr; All Odds Against Me (Grammy Nominated)
2009 III Mondo & Neal Rames; III Mondo & Neal Rames
2009 Avance; Incontrolable III Mondo & Neal Rames
2009 Mike Rinta; Eponymous
2009 Wide Hive Players; Wide Hive Players
2010 John Lee Hooker Jr; Live In Istanbul
2010 Wide Hive Players; Wide Hive Players II Guitar
2010 Name The Day; John Nemeth
2011 Soul Of The Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King
2011 Wide Hive Players; Larry Coryell with the Wide Hive Players
2012 Pure and Simple; Juke Joint Johnny
2012 Pacific Mambo Orchestra; Pacific Mambo Orchestra (2013 Grammy Winner Best
Tropical Latin Album Of The Year)
2012 Grand Scheme Of Things; Andy Z
2012 In Your Brain; Monophonics
2012 Before We Turn To Dust; Sean Hayes
2012 You Don’t Know Nothing; Frank Bey With The Anthony Paule Band
2012 Meklit & Quinn; Meklit & Quinn
2013 Live at Davies; Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
2013 Electric Keys; Calvin Keyes
2013 You Don’t Know Nothing; Frank Bey/Anthony Paule
2013 Soul For Your Blues: Frank Bey/Anthony Paule
2013 Puro Jam; Los Centozoles With David Hildago
2013 Turnstyle; Wide Hive Players
2013 The Commanders - Foe Destroyer; United States Air Force Band Of The Golden
West
2014 Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy; Tommy Igoe
2014 La Clave Del Gumbo; Jamie Dubberly / Orchestra Dharma
2015 I Mean Business; Lara Price
2015 A River’s Invitation; The California Honeydrops
2015 Larry Coryell with the Wide Hive Players
2015 Sound Of Sinning; Monophonics (as arranger)
2015 Pacific Mambo Dance; Pacific Mambo Orchestra
2016 This Could Be That; Brian Andres & the Afro Cuban Cartel
2016 Players Please; Wide Hive Players
2016 The Redhead’s Allegations; Chapel
2016 In Any Town; The Lucky Losers
2016 Wash My Horse In Champagne; Big Harp George
2016 Strawberry Fields Forever; Daria
2016 Reelin’ In The Years: The Steely Dan Project; Tommy Igoe
2017 Corrosion Of Buddha; AAA Battery
2018 Mirrors; Monophonics
2018 Sonic Ranch; Brass Monkey Brass Band
2018 Call It Home, Vol 1-2; The California Honeydrops
2018 Back To The Bay; Pete Escovedo
2018 God Bless This Child; Dale Head
2018 Find The Day; Tony Lindsey
2018 Uptown Cool; Big Harp George
2020 The III Side; Pacific Mambo Orchestra
2020 It’s Only Us; Monophonics
2020 Those Days / Higher Degree; The California Honeydrops
2020 Found! One Soul Singer; Sonny Green
2021 You Gotta Have It; Tia Carroll
2021 Raisin Cain; Chris Cain
2021 Rhythm Of The Night; Pete Escovedo (as arranger)
2022 Blue Keys; Calvin Keys
2022 Soft Spot; The California Honeydrops
2022 I Ain’t Playin’; Diunna Greenleaf
2022 Just Gettin’ Good; Mighty Mike Schermer
2023 Changing Light; The Ironsides
2023 Savoy; Taj Mahal
2023 Stuff I’ve Been Through; Alabama Mike